The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.
DAVE CHAPPELLESomething about New York, man: You can do more comedy there probably than you can anywhere in the world. If you’re interested in being funny, New York is the place to go.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
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I love the fact that I have a show where you can run over a kid and everyone busts out laughing.
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I support anyone’s right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image?
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I have angst in my life, but I’m like anybody. We all have angst in our lives that we pick up and fidget with and then we put down and look at some other things that make us feel good or enjoy our lives.
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The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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My father told me ‘Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you name, get out of there.’
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I got a lot of positive people around me.
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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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Money is the fuel for choices. Money gives me choices, so it’s not nothing, it’s something. But it’s not the end all, be all. There are other things in my life that I did not purchase with money that are very valuable.
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The world can’t tell you who you are. You’ve just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse.
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My wife asked me once if I weren’t a comedian, what I would do. I couldn’t answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else.
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I’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.
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When I’m on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that’s the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.
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I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.
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Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
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